Athenian Religion: A History by Parker
Tantalizingly little documented, ancient Greek religion is all too often reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains. This major new work, by the most prestigious expert on the subject in the UK, is a revolutionary attempt to bring ancient religion to life, and promises to be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.
What Parker does that is new is to give us a broad picture of religious practices and outlook.. in a single city-state. This ambitious self-limitation permits a developmental account that is refreshingly embedded both in the underlying social framework and in historical narrative. Epigraphists will enjoy seeing their patient reconstructive work rescued from the brilliant obscurity of learned journals to be incorporated into this masterly synthesis. It is an extraordinary achievement to have made the assembling of fragmentary and often unexciting evidence of various kinds, with all the necessary qualification and counter-qualification, so absorbingly readable. Parker excels in elegant caution. * Times Literary Supplement *
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198152408 |
| ISBN 10 | 019815240X |
| Title | Athenian Religion: A History |
| Author | Robert Parker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1998-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Winner of Shortlisted for Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award 1996. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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